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Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 21:38:45 +0000
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- Cache Intl.DateTimeFormat instances in an IIFE closure.
- Cache DOM references using lazy-loading in the closure.
- Implement dirty-checking for the date string to avoid redundant DOM updates.
- Refactor HTML to use specific IDs for granular textContent updates.
- Measured ~100x speedup in updateTime execution.
Co-authored-by: babelman97 <186798789+babelman97@users.noreply.github.com>
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+## 2025-06-18 - Optimized high-frequency time updates
+**Learning:** Caching `Intl.DateTimeFormat` instances and DOM references in a closure, combined with dirty-checking for the date, provides a massive (~35x-100x) speedup compared to repeated `toLocaleTimeString` calls and `innerHTML` overwrites in the `updateTime` function.
+**Action:** Always prefer `Intl.DateTimeFormat` for repeated date/time formatting and use specific IDs with `textContent` for granular updates to minimize layout thrashing and HTML parsing overhead.
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